ROBUSTNESS OF THE ARROW-PRATT RISK AVERSION MEASURE

被引:8
作者
KALLBERG, JG [1 ]
ZIEMBA, WT [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER V6T 1W5, BC, CANADA
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10.1016/0165-1765(79)90200-3
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
For portfolio problems with joint normally distributed asset returns, the risk aversion measure R = -w0(Eu″(w)/Eu′(w)), where w0 is initial wealth can be used to characterize optimality. Comparisons between the global measure R and local measures based on RA = -u″(w)/u′(w) are explored. Simulations for several utility function classes are described. © 1979.
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